Well, in regards to computer audio. I am what you all might call a digital dumb@ss, just so you are aware - so keep that in mind in regards to "technical" terms in your replies (Renderer, Upnp etc). My goal is to play my hi-res audio files (FLAC and ALAC, saved to a thumb drive or can pick up an external drive if it would run and/or sound better) through my home stereo in my living room and be able to browse/change the song/pause/etc without having to get up and walk over to the player that is connected to my AVR. As such, the best option seems to be remote control via my iPhone. For the time being, I want to go coax into my NAD T757 AVR because I have an odd-shaped open floorplan and need to use the Audyssey XT room correction processing in order to accurately integrate my dual sub setup, which are set up diagonal to each other after finding best placement with the "sub crawl." The NAD sounds pretty damn good to me, and that was just using my iPhone as the player before - so it was taking an analog signal in, going back to digital and then back again to analog in order to process with Audyssey - that's how I understand it anyway. My speakers are Martin Logan Motion 40.
Now, I have an Allo DigiOne Signature Player - which is advertised as "plug and play," only, I now know that it means I don't have to manually build or put anything together. There is still some initial setup involved. I went with Moode as the OS that Allo flashed to the included SD card, as it seems to be general consensus that it sounds the best and I'm pretty sure I've read it has equalizer adjustments, which I find necessary with the rock and metal tracks I listen to. Having said that, I have never messed with an RPi before, and I've never seen a Linux-based system, let alone operated one. So my first hurdle will be just getting the damn thing up and running. I've been told to "open a browser and SSH in" to the RPi - I'm not even positive as to what this means. Yes, I am that new/dumb. I haven't tried yet, but my thought is that it means to power the unit on, then open a blank safari page on my iPhone and "tap" into the RPi by typing "http:/moode" into the address bar and hit "go." Is that correct? If so, what should I expect to see next - the Moode UI on my iPhone screen or something else? I've seen that I might need the RPi's IP address - how do I find that? I always have to be reminded how to do this by my IT at my office when they need to remote in to my HP laptop.
MikeyFresh was kind enough to answer a lot of theoretical questions on another forum that has helped me to decide to keep the D1S player and try to figure it out. He sent me the Moode Set-Up guide and suggested I join over here and post further questions (Thanks again Mike!). So, once I "remote in" via my iPhone or my wife's MacBook, will the next steps be self-explanatory? I have it all hooked up and ready to go. I have the RPi connected directly to my router via BJC Cat6 and the Signature to my NAD via a 1.5m SKW coax cable. Should I wait to plug in my little thumb drive that I've saved my music to until Moode is completely set up?
Once I have the D1S Player up and running and I am comfortable with controlling it, I will probably look at adding a second RPi (possibly with the BossDac just to play with it and compare to the Signature through NAD internal DAC) to utilize as the server so that I can use the JRemote to control playback, which I have played with a free trial of on the MacBook. I'll probably just stack this case under or on top of the D1S Player and also connect it directly to my router via Cat6. That's a topic for another time, though.
Thanks in advance for your patience for a total newbie, and I would appreciate any help and pointers that you guys may have for me.
Now, I have an Allo DigiOne Signature Player - which is advertised as "plug and play," only, I now know that it means I don't have to manually build or put anything together. There is still some initial setup involved. I went with Moode as the OS that Allo flashed to the included SD card, as it seems to be general consensus that it sounds the best and I'm pretty sure I've read it has equalizer adjustments, which I find necessary with the rock and metal tracks I listen to. Having said that, I have never messed with an RPi before, and I've never seen a Linux-based system, let alone operated one. So my first hurdle will be just getting the damn thing up and running. I've been told to "open a browser and SSH in" to the RPi - I'm not even positive as to what this means. Yes, I am that new/dumb. I haven't tried yet, but my thought is that it means to power the unit on, then open a blank safari page on my iPhone and "tap" into the RPi by typing "http:/moode" into the address bar and hit "go." Is that correct? If so, what should I expect to see next - the Moode UI on my iPhone screen or something else? I've seen that I might need the RPi's IP address - how do I find that? I always have to be reminded how to do this by my IT at my office when they need to remote in to my HP laptop.
MikeyFresh was kind enough to answer a lot of theoretical questions on another forum that has helped me to decide to keep the D1S player and try to figure it out. He sent me the Moode Set-Up guide and suggested I join over here and post further questions (Thanks again Mike!). So, once I "remote in" via my iPhone or my wife's MacBook, will the next steps be self-explanatory? I have it all hooked up and ready to go. I have the RPi connected directly to my router via BJC Cat6 and the Signature to my NAD via a 1.5m SKW coax cable. Should I wait to plug in my little thumb drive that I've saved my music to until Moode is completely set up?
Once I have the D1S Player up and running and I am comfortable with controlling it, I will probably look at adding a second RPi (possibly with the BossDac just to play with it and compare to the Signature through NAD internal DAC) to utilize as the server so that I can use the JRemote to control playback, which I have played with a free trial of on the MacBook. I'll probably just stack this case under or on top of the D1S Player and also connect it directly to my router via Cat6. That's a topic for another time, though.
Thanks in advance for your patience for a total newbie, and I would appreciate any help and pointers that you guys may have for me.